Why Soul Talk?

A week or so ago I took it upon myself to rescue a poor misguided, ahem, soul, from her apparent inability to see an obvious conflict between who she really was (from my perspective) and how she wrote about certain things that were important to her,  namely things that had to do with the consideration of the soul, and some of her efforts to to care and nurture it.

I jokingly suggested soul talk desensitization training for both of us because I too get embarrased about talking about spirituality.  Even asking, let alone answering, obvious questions like ‘What do you really believe??’ is difficult for me.  Sharing my own piecemeal efforts to cobble together spiritual satisfaction is awkward and uncomfortable.

So this blog is intended to provide an anonymous place to talk about things related to my own personal soul. 

Wikipedia says that a soul, according to many traditions, is ‘the self-aware essence unique to a particular living being’.  That sounds ok, but its not saying much, so I am going to ad-lib.  I am going to go with a version of the soul that could be described as your ‘true self’, the who-you-really-are part of you that doesn’t change with your mood.  I’ll also go with a version that is involved or connected with the universe, or reality,  whatever you want to call it, in a way that is not necessarily tangible or physical.  I’ll leave it as vague as that, though feel free to chime in with your own personal definition of soul!!!

By spirituality, I mean the process or practice of discovering,  understanding,  and nurturing our souls. 

Whew! This is going great! I already feel embarassed!

–SoulTalkHeckler

 

Part II

I have decided to expand the scope a little bit to include other things that I am embarassed to talk about but shouldn’t be — the soul is big topic though, so maybe it include the other stuff I want to talk about.

Tags: Soul, Soul Talk, spirituality